Bangkok, April 25 -- Vietnam has identified the advancement of science-technology, innovation, and digital transformation as top national priorities, considering them as vital tools to avoid the middle-income trap and to usher the country into a new phase of development, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Pham Viet Hung. Delivering a speech at the 81st session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), held at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok on April 24, Hung, who also serves as Vietnam's Permanent Representative to ESCAP, affirmed the country's support for the UN's efforts to strengthen global governance of technology in line with its charter and international law. He called on ESCAP to...